There have been no reported injuries or fatalities. Dyke-Beyer also noted that although the event could easily be tied to the recent spate of targeted attacks on Metrorail trains, there was no indication that led them to believe that this was an arson attack.

Golden Arrow bus fire not linked to arson

SA Fire Watch, a popular Facebook account that publishes content around South Africa’s current affairs, described this as the result of a warning that was allegedly issued earlier in the week.

“Services will start to be interrupted as there was word going around of major protests and a national type of protest action,” the admin of the account wrote.

There has, so far, not been any official confirmation of this information from authorities, however.

The city’s public transport system has recently come under fire, with the trains being the most vulnerable.